Inside trousers belt



April 5, 1955 R, IX 2,705,328

INSIDE TROUSERS BELT Filed April 21, 1953 INVENTOR. REYNOLD R. FELIX BY I v I United States Patent INSIDE TROUSERS BELT Reynold R. Felix, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application April 21, 1953, Serial No. 350,041

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-312) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in an inside trousers belt, that is, in a belt which as to its main structure may be similar in regard to material and mode of construction to an ordinary outside trousers belt or the like, but which, by virtue of the inclusion of auxiliary features pursuant to the invention is to be worn inside the trousers but over the shirt for improved action in regard to both these articles of attire and otherwise as will shortly become clear.

According to the invention, a novel and valuable inside trousers belt is provided which, aside from its ready attachability and removability from thetrousers, with such attachment by the aid of the usual buttons inside the trousers waist-band for ordinary connection with the six dependent extensions from the familiar over-the-shoulders suspenders, and aside from its superior action in holding the trousers and shirt in position, and, further, aside from its function in giving a good drape to the upper portions of the trousers, affords the further and very important advantage of constituting a markedly simple yet exceedingly practicable appliance arrangeable on the person in a way firmly and beneficially to support the abdomen, as frequently desirable for men of middle age and older, at a location effective to give such support its optimum of benefit.

The arrangement pursuant to the present invention is also such that simple yet effective means are present to compensate for any variations from the norm in the spacings of the buttons on the inside of the trousers waist-band which may occur, as in some fully ready-made mens suits, and also in regard to so-called semi-finished custom made suits when altered, following the time of sale, to fit the purchasers body.

The new trousers belt, in one form thereof, may further readily include instrumentalities for especially acting when, as in the case of an excessively distended abdomen, the latter needs a special waist-band type of support and one at a decidedly low location; and also for acting, whether or not over-the-shoulders suspenders are then additionally worn, for insuring perfect behavior of the means inclusive of said instrumentalities, and this last without any drag on the new belt by the upward pull of the suspenders or discomforting downward pull on strap elements of the suspenders from the new belt. As for the just made reference to suspenders, there is, of course, no need to wear them when the new belt is Worn; but some men prefer always to wear suspenders, either from oldtime habit, or because of the well-groomed feeling 1mparted by the wearer when he has knowledge that he is wearing suspenders.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective one now favored embodiment of the new belt, shown as closed at the front, as by the usual buckle equipment indicated.

Fig. 2 is a somewhat enlarged vertical section, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view, inclusive of a side elevational delineation of a portion of a mans body, and also inclusive of dot and dash line showings later to be so explained.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modification.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with this view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail by reference numerals, and first to Figs. 1 and 2, the belt 10 is indicated as continuous from end to end as usual in an outside mans belt, as one of leather or any suitable material; with one of said ends carrying, for example, the buckle designated 11, for coaction in the familiar way with the other or tongue end of the belt.

Slidably carried by the belt 10 are six like slide loops 12, each of these made of leather or any suitable material, and folded over on itself for being secured by stitching as at 14 to establish the belt girthing loop proper, and to provide an upstanding extension in the form of a tab 15. Such tab 15 is provided with a buttonhole 16 for engaging one of the six buttons spaced as above around the inside of the waist band of a pair of trousers at six fixedly related placements.

Consequent upon the free slidability of the loops 12, they may be readily slipped along the belt 10 for engagement of said six buttons with their button holes 16, if necessary, exactly to have their locations along the belt match the loci of the said buttons, or merely approximately to said locations, that is, sufiiciently so to permit ready coupling of said buttons and button holes with the certainty that when the trousers are donned and, with the shirt bottom thrust down fully, and then with the belt drawn to the tautness desired by properly coupling the buckle 11 the outer front buttons of the trousers are sent through their buttonholes and the slide-fastener at the fly is drawn up, the parts will naturally adjust themselves to ideal relative positions.

As will be noted from Fig. 3, with the mans body here illustrated being characterized by a fairly well distended abdomen, the new belt could be placed, not only as indicated in dot and dash lines at 12 but when desired, as at 12 a factor in which latter arrangement is the slidability of the loops 12.

Referring now to the modification of Figs. 4 and 5, wherein the parts to which are applied reference numerals with primes added correspond, respectively, to the parts to which have been applied the same reference numerals without primes, and with here again all the loops 12 shown as identical, two further features are present. In the first place, the belt is made in two lengths or sections 18 and 19, the adjacent ends of said sections being convergingly downwardly slanted as shown in Fig. 4; and there is permanently interposed between these section ends, and suitably secured in place, as by stitching not shown, a piece of elastic webbing 20, of frusto-triangular shape and with maximum stretch in line with the general direction of extension of the belt 10'. In the second place, the tabs 15' are separate pieces of material from the strips of material folded on itself and stitched as at 14' to provide the loops proper. These tabs, carrying the buttonholes 16', are freely swingable by said loops proper, as by being connected as shown each by a tubular rivet 17.

Such a belt is actually a therapeutic belt of high value, as, due to the webbing insert, and the swingability of the tabs 15' about substantially horizontal axes, the belt may be worn even when positioned as indicated at 12 in Fig. 3, and then depended on to remain in that disposition despite repeated changes of posture and various bodily activities; thus to give precisely the optimum support to an unusually extended abdomen, because cupping the rotundity thereof at the inward advance of the latter to ward the crotch. One of the slide loops is indicated in broken lines at 12" in Fig. 3, showing a swing backward of its pivotally mounted tab, here marked 15", about a rivet, here marked 17"; as in response to the upward pull of the connected strap element of a pair of suspenders then being worn. It is to be noted that even-in such case, there is no distortive stress on the belt from the suspenders, this following from such swingability of said tab. Nor is there any such stress applied to the belt at the small of the back or thereabouts, due to the inclusion in the belt of the webbing 20.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 18' 1. A trousers belt to be Worn inside the trousers and outside an overshirt, comprising a belt structure, means for detachably and adjustably connecting the ends of said structure when they are brought together at the front, and a plurality of slider loops on said structure, said loops carrying upwardly projected tabs each having a buttonhole, said tabs being arranged to present their buttonholes above the top of the belt structure, said tabs being swingably carried by said loops and being of a fairly stiff material such as leather, said belt structure comprising a pair of main sections and a connecting section of elastic webbing.

2. A trousers belt to be worn inside the trousers and outside an overshirt, comprising a belt structure, means for detachably and adjustably connecting the ends of said structure when they are brought together at the front, and a plurality of slider loops on said structure, said loops carrying upwardly projected tabs each having a buttonhole, said tabs being arranged to present their buttonholes above the top of the belt structure, said belt structure comprising a pair of main sections and a connecting section of elastic webbing, said connecting section having a frusto-triangular shape and having a maximum stretch in line with the general direction of extension of the two main sections, said tabs being swingably carried by said loops so as to provide adjustment relative to the loops and being of a fairly stiff material such as leather.

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